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BOWLING GREEN – A Louisville church has been voted out of the Kentucky Baptist Convention after deciding to perform same-sex marriages and to ordain individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
Messengers from Southern Baptist churches across Kentucky voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to sever ties with Crescent Hill Baptist Church.
Greg Faulls, vice chairman of the KBC’s Committee on Credentials, made the motion to “disfellowship” the church, saying he did so “with great sadness and brokenness of heart.”

La Grange, KY (November 11, 2014) – After launching chemotherapy services in early 2014, Baptist Health La Grange recently completed an expansion of space occupied by the physicians and staff of the CBC Group: Consulting in Blood Disorders and Cancer, a part of Baptist Medical Associates.
The Center, located on the second floor of the Physician Office Building at Baptist Health La Grange, was renovated with patient comfort and staff convenience in mind.

Washington, DC - Jack Couch, Executive Director of the Kentuckiana Planning and Development Agency (KIPDA) in Louisville, Ky., was elected to the National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) 2014-2015 Board of Directors on August 26, 2014 at NADO’s annual business meeting.

CARROLLTON, KY – A bold community effort to raise $4 million toward a state-of-the-art regional college campus has topped the halfway mark, according to a release from Lisa Brosky, Vice President of College Advancement and Executive Director, Jefferson Community and Technical College Foundation Inc.

For a limited time and effective immediately, eligible Kentucky adults can take each module of the GED® test at the reduced cost of $10, a savings of $20.
The offer is being made possible in Kentucky through $20 limited-time vouchers using federal Workforce Investment Act funds. Through the offer, the full GED® test is available at the reduced cost of $40, a savings of $80.

WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack provided a 12-week progress report on U.S. Department of Agriculture disaster assistance programs recently, announcing that USDA has processed 106,000 payments to farmers in 40 states across the country who suffered livestock and grazing losses between October 2011 and passage of the 2014 Farm Bill.

By JACOB BLAIR
The Trimble Banner Intern
The first kickoff event to help recruit donors for the new building project as well as display features of the new building’s layout at the Jefferson Community and Technical College’s Carrollton campus will take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 24 at the General Butler State Park Conference Center in Carrollton.

Frankfort, KY – Public Advocate Ed Monahan announced that Jeff Edwards has been appointed Director of the Protection and Advocacy Division. Jeff replaces Marsha Hockensmith who led Protection and Advocacy for six years and who worked for P & A for 20 years with distinguished devotion to the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. Marsha Hockensmith said. “I am confident P&A will continue saving lives and changing systems under Jeff’s leadership.”

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – The Kentucky State Police remind parents not to leave a child alone in a hot car as temperatures in the Bluegrass are on the rise. It may seem like common sense, but every year law enforcement agencies answer calls about unattended children in vehicles. The National Safety Council reports that nine children have already died in 2014 from being left in hot cars across the U.S.